BORN ARMLEY, LEEDS, 1886. A CLERK/MANAGER. ENLISTED BIRMINGHAM. SERVED AS CORPORAL IN THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED ON 31/03/1918, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE ELIZABETH FILEDING,AT 77 DOCANE ROAD, KINGS HEATH BIRMINGHAM. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE ROH. THIS IS THE ONLY CWGC RECORD. THERE ARE NO SOLDIER’S DIED RECORDS OF HIS DEATH? HULL CONNECTION UNTRACED.
HE IS BURIED AT FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “LET LOVE MELT INTO MEMORY AND PAIN INTO SONGS”
First name:
Sydney Hunter
Military Number:
25598
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
31/03/1918
Place died:
FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
32
77 DOCANE ROAD, KINGS HEATH BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom